Re: [ATM] Baffles in a Complex Design

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-------- Original message from "David Harbour" <stainless_steel@suddenlink.net>: --------------


> Richard,
> 
> "Take the easy way out"- the way I did, with my dull brain. Get some "Banner 
> paper" from a grocery store, and layout the optical paths to correct scale; 
> i.e., one to one. Then you will see plainly if and where you need baffing; 
> draw the focused cones of light the correct focal length, but do not let 
> them end in a point, but rather, the diameter of your field of view (in 
> inches, or centimetres).
> 
> No visualizing in 3-D is required; only 2-D.
> 
> For lazy guys like me!!!
> 
> Davey

Davey,  And that's why they still build multi-million dollar buildings with stacks of big sheets of paper call plans, blueprints (actually blue line)!!!  No shame in using the easiest method that's understandable.

*****-----
Dan F.
Memphis, TN

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